Annual Norwegian Christmas Tree Lighting
Mon, Nov 28
|Union Station
Time & Location
Nov 28, 2022, 6:00 PM
Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA
About the event
Get in the holiday spirit with the annual Norwegian Christmas Tree Lighting. Every year Norway gifts the people of D.C. a Christmas Tree as a show of friendship between Norway and D.C. and gratitude for U.S. support during and after WWII. The tradition dates back to 1997 and it is one of the most popular holiday events in D.C.
The event is free to the public. The line-up includes performances from the East of the River Steelband, the Wicked Sycamore, Rayshun LaMarr, and tenThing, and remarks from H.E. Anniken Krutnes, Ambassador of Norway to the United States.
The vision of the late Dr. Gladys Whitworth Bray, the East of the River Steelband was founded in 1993 to bring this unique, cultural, and musical experience to youth living east of the Anacostia River. Over the years, the program has provided music training and arts and cultural…